The Redemption Iron Mine is a iron and manganese mine located in Granite county, Montana at an elevation of 5,797 feet.
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Mine Info
Elevation: 5,797 Feet (1,767 Meters)
Commodity: Iron, Manganese
Lat, Long: 46.32222, -113.27556
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Redemption Iron Mine MRDS details
Site Name
Primary: Redemption Iron Mine
Secondary: Iron Age
Commodity
Primary: Iron
Primary: Manganese
Secondary: Lead
Secondary: Silver
Secondary: Gold
Tertiary: Fluorine-Fluorite
Location
State: Montana
County: Granite
District: Philipsburg (Granite-Flint Creek) District
Land Status
Not available
Holdings
Not available
Workings
Type: Underground
Ownership
Owner Name: Cape Brothers And Coulter Fe Ore
Years: 1904 - 1906
Owner Name: Irving Arbuck
Home Office: San Francisco, Ca.
Production
Not available
Deposit
Record Type: Site
Operation Category: Past Producer
Operation Type: Unknown
Year First Production: 1904
Year Last Production: 1957
Years of Production:
Organization:
Significant: N
Deposit Size: S
Physiography
General Physiographic Area: Rocky Mountain System
Physiographic Province: Northern Rocky Mountains
Physiographic Detail: Flint Creek Range
Mineral Deposit Model
Not available
Orebody
Form: PODS
Structure
Type: R
Description: Philipsburg Batholith
Type: L
Description: Philipsburg Anticline, Philipsburg Overthrust
Alterations
Not available
Rocks
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Host Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cambrian
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Name: Diorite
Role: Associated
Age Type: Associated Rock Unit
Age Young: Late Cretaceous
Analytical Data
Analytical Data: 35-60% FEO, 8-16% S1O2, 3-7 OZ/TON AG, $.60 /TON AU, 38% MN (1917)
Materials
Ore: Tremolite
Gangue: Diopside
Gangue: Scapolite
Comments
Comment (Deposit): MN AND FE ORE NEAR TOGETHER BUT SEPARATE AND DISTINCT BODIES. SOME MASSES OF ORE WEIGHING SEVERAL POUNDS ARE MORE THAN 1/2 LUDWIGITE. THE IRON ORE BODY CONSISTS CHIEFLY OF MAGNETITE. THE MANGANESE BODY IS AT LEAST 160 FT IN PITCH LENGTH AND 6 FT OR MORE IN WIDTH. IT PITCHES NW AND IS ASSOCIATED WITH A SMALL IRREGULAR QUARTZ VEIN THAT CARRIES AG AN PB.
Comment (Workings): TUNNEL, ADITS, DRIFTS
Comment (Location): AT SHARP TURN IN ROAD FROM PHILIPSBURG TO GRANITE.
Comment (Production): FE ORE "CONSIDERABLE" 1904-1906
Comment (Development): AUERBACH MINING & SUPPLY CO., BUTTE & PLUTUS CO FOR MN PRODUCTION, (1917-1918), 1956 ACTIVE FOR MN
References
Reference (Deposit): MBMG INF CIRC 13, P. 28.
Reference (Deposit): USGS PP 78, P. 219-20
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 725, P. 173-174.
Reference (Deposit): MBMG BULL 10, P. 21.
Reference (Deposit): USGS BULL 1237, P. 31-59, PLATES.
Reference (Production): PARDEE, USGS BULL. 725
Principal Gold Districts of Montana
In Montana, 54 mining districts have each have produced more than 10,000 ounces of gold. The largest producers are Butte, Helena, Marysville, and Virginia City, each having produced more than one million ounces. Twenty seven other districts are each credited with between 100,000 and one million ounces of gold production. Read more: Principal Gold Districts of Montana.
